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Semantic search technology for information retrieval on the web

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Umair RahmanAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Volume 1, Issue 2

Pages 225 - 243

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAOSE.2007.014408

Published: 01 July 2007 Publication History

Abstract

The fundamental issue of imprecise search results arises owing to the misrepresentation of data on the web. Although a large number of theoretical models have been reported in literature, their implementation in the real world is still at an initial stage. This research is a systematic investigation on the underlying basis of ontologies, intelligent agents and semantic mechanisms. A solution is to put into action, the envisioned, 'Semantic web', by annotating/manipulating web pages using XML-based technologies, creating ontology for providing an RDF vocabulary in a hierarchical class structure and developing an intelligent agent, which would be capable of database access, comparison and inference. The system designed here is to enable a machine to 'understand' the information it holds, which in turn would greatly facilitate smart searching. This paper presents that the system has been successfully implemented and achieves accurate search results.

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Hickmott SMagee LThom JPadgham L(2018)An agent-oriented approach to holistic sustainability reportingInternational Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering10.1504/IJAOSE.2015.0784345:1(1-21)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJAOSE.2015.078434

Index Terms

Semantic search technology for information retrieval on the web
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Multi-agent systems
    2. Knowledge representation and reasoning
      1. Semantic networks
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Information retrieval query processing
    2. Retrieval models and ranking
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Volume 1, Issue 2

July 2007

135 pages

ISSN:1746-1375

EISSN:1746-1383

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Hickmott SMagee LThom JPadgham L(2018)An agent-oriented approach to holistic sustainability reportingInternational Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering10.1504/IJAOSE.2015.0784345:1(1-21)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJAOSE.2015.078434

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